HOODWINK
VERBS
► BAFFLE to hoodwink, to gull, to cheat; to humbug; to make a fool of → 1590 obs.
► BEGLAMMER to bewitch; to deceive, to hoodwink → 1822 Sc.
► BLUFT to deceive, to hoodwink → 1839
► BUMFUZZLE to bamboozle, to hoodwink → 1916 Amer. dial.
► COHOGLE to hoodwink, to dupe, to cheat, to bamboozle → 1829
► HORNSWOGGLE to get the better of; to cheat or trick, to swindle, to deceive; to hoodwink, to humbug, to bamboozle → 1834
► MOJO to hoodwink, to get the best of one → 1938 Amer. dial.
► OLD-SOLDIER to hoodwink, as by feigning illness → 1892 military sl.
► PLAY THE QUEER to hoodwink, to cheat → M18 sl.
► POLISH to hoodwink; to exploit → M19
► QUEER A FLAT to hoodwink a gullible victim; to deceive or trick → L18 sl.
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